The only thing better would be, if you had a lathe. That's how this local shop does - did - it. They've shut down, after around 50 years or so... It's better than putting it back together as is, b/c yes, the brushes will wear out faster with the bumpy "ride" they would have to endure, and the power would be reduced also. Stanley
________________________________ From: Dennis <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:51:27 PM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Starter Motor - new Brushes - take 2 Stanley, Yes, I am going to put it in my big drill press and spin it and work the armature with sandpaper to smooth it out and then use Semi-chrome to put the final buff on it. All Dennis H’s advice. Seems like it is worth it to get this next set of brushes to last the maximum time. Dennis G. Seattle From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of stanley/ Randolph Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 6:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Starter Motor - new Brushes - take 2 I meant to mention: You are, you said, going to turn the armature, right? I have seen worse... Stanley ________________________________ From:Dennis <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 8:23:53 PM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Starter Motor - new Brushes - take 2 Damn, let's do that again WITH the photos. <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> <<...>> Dennis - samadhi<soft|coda|muse>.com -----Original Message----- From: Dennis [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 27 September, 2009 18:22 To: '[email protected]' Subject: Starter Motor - new Brushes Dennis H. I've got my new brushes for the starter motor on my '86 CB700SC and I've pulled my starter motor apart - being careful to note where all the washers go and in what order. I'm looking at where the brushes rub on the shaft (see photos) and I can see that each copper pad is slightly rounded. I have a big vertical drill press here so I think I'll do what you did and spin it on the drill press and start with the coarse paper and work down to the fine. So, just to verify, my goal here is to smooth and level the copper pads with the sand paper so that as the brushes sweep around it, they always find themselves on a smooth circular surface without rough spots or up and downs? Did you use dry paper of do something with wet and dry? I've also got some semichrome so I can do the final finishing. I've attached four pictures. Three are of the copper pads and one is of the end cap. In the end cap, I saw that there are two bits of tape on the side walls. One of them, I partially broke loose during cleaning (didn't see it). What are these for and do I need to reattach the tape exactly as it was? Cheers! Dennis G. - Seattle - '85 & '86 CB700SCs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
